Recycling Centers Deal with Financial Struggles
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Soundtrack of love Today’s Weather All the right songs Daily — whether you are taken or not. High Low A n n i Page 6 0 t h v e r 63 48 6 s a r y Tomorrow’s Forecast 49er High 65 Low 48 Vol. LIX, Issue 200 www.daily49er.com Thursday, February 11, 2010 Recycling centers deal with financial struggles According to the CSULB For example, a ton of cardboard that cents for California Redemption Value recycling coordinator, once sold for $105 to $110 dropped to $5, (CRV) recyclable containers. the recycling business Johnson said. The aluminum market wasn’t Manufacturers get their money back took a steep loss in 2008 immune to this either; it dropped from $1 from vendors like supermarkets, which a pound to 38 cents a pound in late 2008. then charge consumers for the CRV fee. “Recycling took the fastest and the Consumers may get their money back BY BRIAN CUARON steepest loss that I have seen in 35 years from state certified redemption centers— Managing Editor in the recycling [business],” Johnson said. recycling centers —which eventually are Even Johnson’s colleagues, some of reimbursed by a state-certified processor. whom were in the business before him, told Processors receive from the state the In his first year as the recycling coordi- him they didn’t remember ever seeing this CRV fee that manufacturers paid to the nator, Lee Johnson had tried to make the fast of a drop in the commodities market. government in the first place. In other university recycling program more efficient. The recycling business wasn’t the only words, the CRV fee is passed along all Associated Students Inc. was no lon- one suffering from the country’s eco- the parties involved, with everybody be- ger subsidizing its recycling center as it nomic woes — the state of California ing reimbursed for the 5 to 10 cent fee per had in previous years, when it subsidized wasn’t doing so well, either. recyclable container. the center $28,000 in 2006-07. There With the state struggling with budget However, not all consumers recycle were even plans to upgrade the center’s deficits, Johnson said the state borrowed every container. As a result, there is a facilities, which consist of a trailer that about $90 million from the Beverage Con- surplus in Sacramento’s recycling fund leaks, an outhouse and no running water. tainer Recycling Fund, which California that is then used to help pay for the pa- Then the crises hit. uses to offset the cost of paperwork and perwork and other expenses that state In fall 2008, the country’s financial recycling efforts at recycling centers. certified redemption centers and proces- sector started teetering, and so did the Sacramento’s recycling fund sors must endure. commodities market for the scrap mate- The state’s recycling fund comes from rial recycling centers sell. manufacturers, which must pay 5 to 10 See RECYCLING, Page 2 JIM ATHERTON / FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM ASI elections approaching Event celebrates The CSU system is planning an initiative to increase graduation rates Black History BY ANNIE LEROUX graduate in a very timely tive is a systemwide effort to the ASI government office in Staff Writer fashion,” said ASI President improve graduation rates in USU 311. Chris Chavez. the CSU system by 2015. All students interested in The California State Uni- The stimulus dollars are “We are going to try to go getting involved are encour- Month, diversity versity system was allocated not projected to be back next above and beyond and meet aged to apply. ASI will host $50.3 million in additional year as most stimulus funding the recommendations that an informational session on CSULB will hold festivities related to federal stimulus funding, is not reoccurring. The Uni- the CSU wants and do it in “What it Means to Run for this year’s theme, “King on Education” making the Cal State Long versity Budget Committee is, a way that is going to lead Office” Feb. 15 at 5 p.m. in Beach share approximately however, planning the budget the rest of the CSU system,” USU 205. Information can $3.7 million, announced at appropriately for this and tak- Chavez said. also be obtained by visit- BY KIM MORGAN Students Inc. President Chris yesterday’s Associated Stu- ing it into consideration for Also announced were ap- ing the ASI Web page on the Chavez, who is participating in Contributing Writer dent Inc. meeting. The stimu- future project development. plications for the 2010-11 ASI CSULB Web site. the event for the first time, said lus dollars will be used to These plans to protect student government elections February is Black His- he will “emphasize the need for protect classes and programs classes and fulfill our require- are now being accepted. Ap- tory Month and CSULB will Cal State Long Beach will diversity, that we should not just directly related to graduation. ments for graduation parallel plications were made avail- be celebrating by holding its celebrate Black History Month tolerate it, but also embrace it.” “The university’s main the Value Degree Initiative, able Feb. 8 and will continue 11th annual Dr. Martin Luther by advocating equality in edu- In addition, Avis Atkins, vice effort is making sure the also introduced at the Senate through Feb. 19. These ap- cation and music. president of the Black Scholars students have the ability to meeting. This degree initia- plications can be found in See ASI, Page 2 The campus will hold its 11th Student Association, plans to high- annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. light parts of the famous speech celebration Thursday. Addition- King gave at Morehouse College. ally, there will be a performance Also new to this year’s event is CSULB distributes titled “Out of the Margins” at the CSULB’s Gospel Choir, Dominic Daniel Recital Hall on Monday. McDonald from the Long Beach The celebration on Thursday Slam Team and a CSULB student its share of CSU will take place at the Speaker’s known as the “LB Slam Poet,” Platform by the bookstore from Bordeaux said. noon to 1 p.m. CSULB faculty, To conclude the celebration, federal funding staff and students will take part American Indian studies profes- in this year’s theme “King on sor Craig Stone will lead a com- $3.7 million will go to classes, Education.” The theme will munity drum performance, ac- and $1 million will go toward tie in King’s dream with the cording to Bordeaux. struggle for equal educational Also a first for the event is an student support opportunity and the educational educational resources fair, Bor- challenges students face today, deaux said. It will be at the plat- such as increased costs and form during the celebration from BY MATTHEW GUHIT decreased access to education, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Depart- Staff Writer said Valerie Bordeaux, direc- ments such as Multicultural Cen- tor of university outreach and ter and Learning Assistance Cen- With $3.7 million allocated to Cal State Long Beach in recent school relations. ter will provide services at the fair. federal funding to the California State University system, $2.8 ALEXANDRIA GILNER / DAILY 49ER “Our goal is to encourage our Bordeaux said this year’s cel- million will be spent on classes, according to David Dowell, audience to have the audacity, ebration will also be different CSULB vice provost and director of strategic planning. Yes, no or maybe like King, to hope for, expect and from previous years because the Student fees will not be affected by the funds. continue the struggles for a better budget cuts have allowed CSULB The rest of the funds, about $1 million, will be invested in People from The Pleasure Chest, a West Hollywood sex tomorrow,” Bordeaux said. to invite only one local school, student support functions, such as advising. More lecturers shop, invite students to make their own “Yes, No, Maybe Faculty speakers will in- Hill Middle School. will also be added next fall, Dowell said. List” in the Soroptimist House on Wednesday afternoon clude Africana studies profes- A campus volunteer planning “If this is where we land, we would get about 500 sections sor Erylene Piper-Mandy and committee of students and staff as part of the Sex Positive Week activities. Students wrote from the funding, in addition, of course, to what we other- James Sauceda, director of the members used donations to coor- wise would have in the schedule. This would be great for down what sexual acts they were willing to do, such as Multicultural Center, accord- dinate the event, Bordeaux said. students and for faculty,” Dowell said via e-mail. role play, bondage, sex toys and public sex. The Pleasure ing to Bordeaux. With the newly added features, Chest’s mission seeks to celebrate sexuality and getting Students will also give speech- See CLASSES, Page 2 to know what each person likes. es at the platform. Associated See MLK, Page 2 2 Thursday, February 11, 2010 www.daily49er.com [email protected] However, the state has delved into its dize the [recycling] program unless, of ously told the Daily 49er that the state might have to stop some of its services RECYCLING recycling fund over the past 10 years course, a bill passes,” Johnson said. was “pretty much obliged to give that if the state doesn’t begin paying the Continued from Page 1 and especially this past year, Johnson Efforts to stabilize state’s recy- funding to make sure these centers are center the amount the state used to from said.